Hey thank you after telling different people about the bike catching fire and it being the Regulator Rectifier they all said to check this guess I better learn a little more about this poor old bike Thanks againHey thank you after telling different people about the bike catching fire and it being the Regulator Rectifier they all said to check this guess I better learn a little more about this poor old bike Thanks again

You want to check your stator bikes dont have altenators you can get the specific specs from your dealer and run a resitance test to see how many volts it is putting out but 9 out of ten times the stator has nothing to do with the rectifier going out expecialy with that old of a bike

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